Waiʻanae High School's Marine Science Learning Center aims to connect students with their heritage and sense of place — and ...

Waiʻanae High School senior Diamond Holbron Kealoha spreads limu in a freshly-cleaned tank, which will play host to the algae as it grows, to eventually feed the community.

Most of the seaweed sold for export is used to make carrageenan or agar, which are thickening and stabilizing agents for food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. “Over 90% of seaweed is exported as ...

Seaweed production in Indonesia is still driven almost entirely by community-based farming, with women now leading 40% of Indonesian seaweed start-ups.

Florida faces historic sargassum seaweed invasion in 2025, with record levels hitting beaches. Learn why it’s happening and its impact on tourism and ecology.

Rotten-egg-smelling seaweed is back on Florida beaches. Here are Miami areas most frequently impacted during sargassum season and its health impacts.

The seaweed sector can be used in food, packaging, and even cosmetics. But some challenges remain, preventing it from reaching its full potential.

A startup called Marine Biologics is breaking down seaweed into its base components so they can be used for a range of consumer applications, from foodstuffs to cosmetics to bioplastics.

Fermented seaweed? Those who have tried it think it is much tastier than it sounds, and researchers at Lund University in Sweden are now hoping that acidified seaweed, rather than today's dried ...

Veronica Gibson, a UH-Manoa postdoctoral researcher, said the invasive seaweed species, such as the spiny seaweed, grow too quickly and out-compete native limu seaweed species. “If we were to ...

“Understanding how invasive seaweed outcompetes native limu is crucial to furthering our knowledge about reefs and ocean environments,” said Veronica Gibson, a postdoctoral researcher at the ...